Trace metal (element) analysis is utilized in a wide range of applications, including medical diagnostics, medical and biological research, pharmaceutical analysis, contamination of food and drinking water, food content analysis, nutritional evaluation, geological, environmental analyses and semiconductor quality control.  Trace metals can be detected in biological samples; such as blood or urine, foods and food supplements, pharmaceuticals, chemical compounds, metal alloys, potable water, along with several other matrices.   

KSL employees Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) and Atomic Absorption (AA) instrumentation to perform trace metal analysis on samples such as those listed above.  Highly sensitive, quantitative and semi-quantitative results can be achieved, to the parts per billion (ppb) detection limit.  

As a CLIA-certified laboratory, KSL has validated assays for eighteen trace metals in serum.  These trace metals are; aluminum, antimony, arsenic, beryllium, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, copper, lead, manganese, mercury, molybdenum, nickel, selenium, strontium, thallium, tin and zinc.

KSL is currently developing assays for platinum, titanium and palladium.  Most elements can be detected using the ICP-MS instrument.  

For non-human samples, any trace metal can be detected in a wide range of specimens from various matrices.  

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